MATCH INFO

Francisco Hervás: “Russia is an impressive team in the net”

Russian block power was praised by the Spanish

Jorge Almansa, captain of Spain: “We started the match playing well, but we did not know how to play in the most important moments and how to avoid Russian block. We made many foolish mistakes at the end of the sets”.

Dmitry Kovalev, Captain of Russia: “Spain is a very good team, as they have two of the best receivers and two of the best servers in the tournament. Fortunately, we did all we needed to win this match”.

Francisco Hervás, Coach of Spain: “Russia played a great match. They are an impressive team in the net. It was tough for us recovering from the defeat against Argentina in our last match in Niteroi But we still have two matches ahead of us and we are going to think on them”.

Russian head coach Sergey Shlyapnikov: “We made several mistakes in the beginning and our blocking was not effective in the first set. From the second frame on, our blocking improved and all components started working better and we managed to win”.